Meaning of Mono | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A member of a Native American people who traditionally live in the central and eastern Sierra Nevada, the Mono Basin, and adjacent areas of the Great Basin in California.
2. The Numic language of the Mono people of California.
3. A member of an ethnic group from the Congo.
4. The language of the Mono people of the Congo.
5. A bicycle or motorcycle trick where the front wheel is lifted off the ground while riding.
   Australia, UK, countable, slang, uncountable
6. A monogamous person.
   informal
7. A Mono wind.
8. A county in California, United States, see Mono County.
9. A town in Ontario.
10. A diet where someone eats only one type of food.
    countable, uncountable
11. An alkaline desert lake (Mono Lake) in this county, having a unique ecosystem.
12. An island of the Solomon Islands.
13. Clipping of monomorphism.
    abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable
14. A river in Togo.
15. Clipping of mononucleosis.
    abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, uncountable
16. Any fish of the family Monodactylidae.
    countable, informal

Equivalents

Examples

“plum mono”

plums-only diet (typically for a day)

“For some monos, there are no acceptable mono—poly solutions as far as they are concerned.”

“The Mono believe that Condor seized humans, cut off their heads and drained their blood in order to flood the home of Ground Squirrel.”

“[…]SANTA ANAS, MONOS, AND NORTHERS.”

“Much of the cool weather was accompanied by dry winds and the occurrence of Monos and Santa Anas was above normal.”

“[…]Santa Anas of southern California, the Monos of northern California, and the dry winds in Oregon and Washington. In Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, the hot, desiccating winds, called "Siroccos", blow from the desert (south)[…]”

“[…]the Monos blow from the east. If the ambient northeast Santa Ana winds are of low to moderate intensity and are blowing aloft but not along the ground, upcanyon south or southwest daytime winds may be measured at a burn site when official[…]”

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